Spring Courtyard Forbidden Pet

Ye Zhen explained the reason to Li Xuan in detail, and she felt heavy-hearted at the end.

Li Xuan'an paused on her head for a moment, as if he felt it was inappropriate, and reluctantly placed his hand on her shoulder, "Sorry for bringing up your sad memories."

The sandalwood on his body was very light, but to Ye Zhen, it smelled so good.

She closed her eyes, suppressed the heavy past, and took a deep breath, "It's my fault that I didn't explain it clearly to Second Master, causing him to worry."

Li Xuan looked at her long, jet-black hair, his eyes deep and gentle, "It's enough for you to know that I'm worried."

Ye Zhen froze, not knowing how to respond, and then he said, "I've said it before, just do whatever you want to do, don't worry about the consequences."

That’s right, he said it early on, but Ye Zhen didn’t take it seriously.

At this moment, Fang realized that he was not just talking.

Is he also...

The sudden knock on the door interrupted the ambiguity between the two. Liuxia lowered her voice and said, "Second Miss, the master said that there was news from the palace. The Ye family may not be able to escape. If you still refuse to help, he will drag the young master to death with you."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen raised his head and looked at Li Xuan, who responded with his usual warm and calm smile, "I have people in the Jinyiwei, we just need to let them scare Ye Yunsheng's spies."

Ye Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But she couldn't help wondering, since he had already taken action, why did he deliberately come to ask her secretly?

"Even if you want to put Dean Ye in jail, I have a way to make you and Master Ye escape unscathed. I came here today..."

He paused, and smiled brightly, "I want to see if the injury on your back still hurts?"

"Compared to the life and death of others, I care more about you."

He spoke frankly, but Ye Zhen couldn't stand it. On the one hand, she was annoyed that her heart was disobedient, and on the other hand, she blamed him for being different every day.

Thinking this in my heart, I couldn't help but ask, "Yesterday, the Second Master dealt with Niu Xiaobao and left. I thought the Second Master..."

She unconsciously complained, "I thought Second Master would never talk to me again."

Li Xuan'an smiled even more, and the hand on her shoulder could not help but increase the strength, and his voice was not as calm as before, "Do you care about my attitude?"

Ye Zhen panicked. She didn't dare and didn't want to admit it, but her body seemed to be controlled. It was difficult for her to just shake her head. She hesitated and said, "I, I..."

Liuxia waited for a while but heard nothing, so she had to urge him again, "Second Miss, the master is in a hurry, do you want to go first and come back to continue the embroidery?"

After a while, Ye Zhen came out.

She first took a few deep breaths, then hurriedly fanned her burning cheeks with the fan in her hand, not caring that her hair was caught on the hairpin.

Liuxia was curious, "Is it hot in the room?"

Ye Zhen was a little upset and spoke in a bad tone, "Father is in Aunt Zhao's room?"

"In the study."

Walking all the way to the study, Ye Zhen had already calmed down. When she stepped into the room, she saw Ye Yunsheng with his hair loose, having just drunk a bowl of life-saving medicine of unknown efficacy.

Even at this time, he still remembered to drink tonic.

Ye Zhen didn't salute, and Ye Yunsheng didn't say anything polite either. He just said, "The Qing Sect will only grant Ye Jinglan the status of a Taoist priest if they have a handwritten letter from me."

Ye Zhen was not afraid of his cold gaze at all, and sneered, "Father could have threatened me with my younger brother earlier, why did he have to play the emotional card and let Aunt Zhao come to my door to blackmail me morally."

Ye Yunsheng brushed away the teacup without warning, and the broken pieces of porcelain splashed at Ye Zhen's feet. "Tell me, what do you want by colluding with the national teacher to harm the Ye family?"

Seeing his frustrated and helpless face, Ye Zhen felt happy. "Father, what nonsense are you talking about? It was Madam who harmed you and the Ye family. I didn't do anything."

"If you hadn't asked the Imperial Master to check Jing Lan's pulse, would he have been able to find the poison?"

"I've fed you well over the years, and this is how you repay me!"

Ye Yunsheng roared with his teeth bared, his eyes full of terrifying red bloodshot, as if he was going to swallow her up in the next second.

Ye Zhen sneered. If she hadn’t been willing to be used as a tool by Cui and Ye Rong, would they have had a place to stay in the Ye Mansion?

It would be a waste of time to argue with him about this.

She said word by word, "Father doesn't want to die, and I don't want you to die either. After all, you have been hypocritical and selfish for many years, and it would be too easy for you to die like this."

"You!" Ye Yunsheng shuddered involuntarily when he saw her face as cold as ice.

"My condition is very simple. I want my father to write a confession of guilt, telling me everything about what you promised my mother, how you married the Cui family girl in order to get promoted, and how you violated your conscience and made her your mistress."

"Back then, my mother came to the capital but was threatened by you. She had no choice but to die to protect me and Jing Lan. Before she died, she accepted the title of concubine to save face for you and Cui."

Ye Zhen's chest heaved, and the anger between his eyebrows seemed like a fire that could burn through Ye Yunsheng.

She hated him far more than she thought.

Ye Yunsheng stepped back repeatedly, hit the stool and fell to the ground, his teeth grinding, "No, it's impossible!"

Ye Zhen shrugged, "Then I can only help my father and Cui Shi die together."

"you!"

"If we have to watch you and Cui die miserably, my brother and I would rather be buried with the Ye family."

Ye Yunsheng was really scared, he knew Ye Zhen was not trying to scare him.

Ye Zhen slowly withdrew, "Put my mother's tablet in the clan, and burn three incense sticks every morning and evening to make amends to her."

Coming out of the study, Ye Zhen burst into tears, and all the fog that had been pent up in her heart finally let go of her at this moment. Even if she had been granted an imperial decree in her previous life, it would have been difficult to make up for the grievances her mother had suffered.

At this moment, she finally, finally let her mother see the light of day.

It started raining again. Ye Zhen pushed away the umbrella that Liuxia held out for her and let the raindrops hit her body, as if she was punishing herself, punishing herself for why she had lived two lifetimes and only today could she clear her mother's name.

Outside the Crescent Gate, Yuanbao pushed Ye Jinglan. Under the umbrella, Ye Jinglan's face was also covered with tears.

He patted the armrest, and Yuanbao pushed him to Ye Zhen.

The rain was getting heavier, blurring their vision.

Ye Jinglan held the umbrella over Ye Zhen's head. The brother and sister's backs were exposed to the rain and they smiled at each other.

He said, "Sister, you have worked hard."

"Mother wouldn't want you to be like this. She hopes that you and I can live well and happily."

Ye Zhen leaned on her brother's shoulder and burst into tears.

*

Half an hour later, Liuxia helped the soaked Ye Zhen back to the yard.

When she pushed the door open, Li Xuan'an was nowhere to be seen. But when she smelled it carefully, she could smell a little bit of sandalwood, which was enough to warm her cold heart.

Liuxia and Yulu took turns to boil hot water, give her a bath, let her drink ginger soup, wipe her hair, etc. After they were done with all that, they found out that Cui had set fire to Shulan Courtyard and committed suicide.

Aunt Zhao was frightened and had unbearable abdominal pain, and she was bleeding.

Ye Zhen had a blank expression on her face. This was all retribution for Ye Yunsheng's evil deeds.

The next day, the entire capital city was discussing how Ye Yunsheng had treated his first wife, Ning, badly!

Ye Yunsheng stayed in Qingzhou for three years and had a son and a daughter, Ye Zhen and Ye Jinglan, with Ning. On his way back to Beijing, he rescued a girl from the Cui family. Two months later, he married Cui Min and gave birth to Ye Rong in the twelfth month of the same year.

So in fact, Ye Rong is two years younger than Ye Zhen. Ye Zhen and her mother had a hard life. On the way back to the capital, she performed with the owner of a circus troupe to raise money for the journey. She often went hungry. When she arrived in the capital, the ten-year-old girl looked even shorter than the eight-year-old Ye Rong.

Cui took the position of mistress, forced Ning to death, and openly stated that Ye Rong was the eldest daughter.

Ye Rong was born with a disease and had to take medicine since she could eat. If it weren't for the money the Cui family used to support her, she would not have lived past the age of twelve. Ye Rong was also a thoughtful person. Since she married Li Chengge, she was ready to let Ye Zhen support the two families on her behalf.

She knew that she would not live long, and she was tired of taking medicine as food. She also knew that Li Chengge had a promising future, and sooner or later her inability to bear children would affect their relationship.

Since it was destined not to last long, it would be better to settle everything so that I could leave a perfect impression in Li Chengge's heart.

Unfortunately, all the plans of the mother and daughter came to nothing.

Now that the truth has been revealed, everyone despises Cui's meanness and hates Ye Yunsheng's hypocrisy even more.

Poor Ye Zhen finally cleared his name, but the Ye family had already fallen.